WEB SPIDER: A SEARCH ENGINE CRAWLER FOR SPECIFIC DOMAIN

This report presents the idea of enhancing the existing Internet search engine for
student's usage based on the research that challenges in the new era of technology and
the increasing demand for availability and affordability on Internet in the world. Search
engine play a major role at the moment and act as 'must-have' requirement parallel to
the growth of virtual world nowadays. Intelligent Internet search engine has entered the
research field some 10 years ago and in recent years many intelligent applications have
been launched. Web Spider: A Search Engine Crawler for Specifics Domain is a
platform that was enhanced from current search engine to allow student to get results
based on their preference in an informative and effective way in exploring the
advantages of new technologies on the specific domain. The enhancement of the
platform is focusing more on ontology-based Web crawler to improve search query and
information retrieval by the search engine so that the objective of this project can be
achieved. The enhancement also will test the user's acceptance during system testing
phase. The improvement that will be made using incremental prototyping method is
expected to meet user requirements and enhanced from the existing one. Creating new
environment and improving the availability and reliability from current search engine
could be beneficial for students as it provide better result in information retrieval
process.This report presents the idea of enhancing the existing Internet search engine for
student's usage based on the research that challenges in the new era of technology and
the increasing demand for availability and affordability on Internet in the world. Search
engine play a major role at the moment and act as 'must-have' requirement parallel to
the growth of virtual world nowadays. Intelligent Internet search engine has entered the
research field some 10 years ago and in recent years many intelligent applications have
been launched. Web Spider: A Search Engine Crawler for Specifics Domain is a
platform that was enhanced from current search engine to allow student to get results
based on their preference in an informative and effective way in exploring the
advantages of new technologies on the specific domain. The enhancement of the
platform is focusing more on ontology-based Web crawler to improve search query and
information retrieval by the search engine so that the objective of this project can be
achieved. The enhancement also will test the user's acceptance during system testing
phase. The improvement that will be made using incremental prototyping method is
expected to meet user requirements and enhanced from the existing one. Creating new
environment and improving the availability and reliability from current search engine
could be beneficial for students as it provide better result in information retrieval
process.